Where does “thurft” come from?
thurft (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *þurfti, from Proto-Germanic þurftiz, from Proto-Germanic þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.
thurft (Old Saxon): need, lack, necessity
Ancestry of “thurft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *þurfti | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þurftiz | need, necessity |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þurbaną | to need, to require; to have to |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terp- | to satisfy |